Education
Shimizu was born in Shibuya, Tokyo, and attended the Seisoku Eigo Gakko in Kanda.
清水基吉
Shimizu was born in Shibuya, Tokyo, and attended the Seisoku Eigo Gakko in Kanda.
His real name was Shimizu Motoyoshi (清水基嘉), pronounced the name, but written in different kanji. From 1938 to 1941, he travelled around the country, and met Riichi Yokomitsu in 1940. His first work, Tsuru (“Crane”) published in 1941 caught the attention of noted poet Ishida Hakyo, who took him on as a student.
He later studied fiction writing under noted author Yokomitsu Riichi.
His output was prolific in the post-war years, and he also turned towards literary criticism, particularly on poetry. From 1991 to 2004, he was director of the Kamakura Museum of Literature, which he had helped create.
He died in 2008 of prostate cancer.